Found December 10, 2008 on Mets Merized Online: Yardbarker Blogger Network
According to the New York Post, CC Sabathia has chosen to be apart pf the New York Yankees. After weeks of speculation on whether or not Sabathia would wind up on the east or west coast, he will be a Yankee.There are still minor hurdles to finalize, notably that Sabathia must pass a physical. But after so much belief that Sabathia was stalling because he wanted to avoid New York, he agreed to the largest pitching contract in major league history, at least $140 million.It means that the Yankees have lassoed the player they were building their offseason around: An ace in his prime. Sabathia is just 28, and last year between the Indians and Brewers he went 17-10 with a 2.70 ERA. The previous season he won the AL Cy Young. Now he is the first major new piece to be put into the new Yankee Stadium.Now, the Yankees will move on to try and sign both AJ Burnett and Derek Lowe. It seems like the Yankees will always, somewhere put their name in front of the Mets. One day it's the Mets and ...
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